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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11564
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14757
13 Actual Demand 11263
14 Aggregate Planning 12295
15 Air Cargo 10174
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6705
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34953
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15380
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19377
20 Assembly Line 22654
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23062
22 Average Speed of Answer 26620
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23268
24 Batch Production 38572
25 Bill Discounting 14631
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11323
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7215
28 Blanket Release 10092
29 Bonded Warehouse 10124
30 Booking Number 13903
31 Bottleneck 9606
32 Buffer Stock 59499
33 Build to Stock 13080
34 Bullwhip Effect 9755
35 Business Logistics 25882
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12634
37 Capacity Management 40835
38 Capacity Utilization 14192
39 Capital Intensive 8505
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8842
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12211
42 Certified Supplier 9017
43 Channel Effectiveness 8987
44 Co-Destiny 9367
45 Co-managed Inventory 12637
46 Co-Packers 11842
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6947
48 Computer-Based Training 7746
49 Consular Invoice 19913
50 Container Depot 10665
51 Container Freight Station 10322
52 Continuous Replenishment 19639
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12145
54 Contract Carrier 7356
55 Contract of Affreightment 11475
56 Control Charts 8016
57 Cost Flow 10346
58 Courier Service 15324
59 CPFR 8281
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11871
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44329
62 Date Code 18354
63 Days of Supply 19928
64 Dead on Arrival 9414
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7367
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8183
67 Detective Control 8975
68 Devanning 14283
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11036
70 Dispatching 24666
71 Distributed Inventory 8417
72 Distribution Channel Management 34956
73 Distribution Metrics 9221
74 Distribution Planning 24287
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15319
76 Double Marginalization 52880
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22474
78 Dual 5485
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20694
80 Echelon Inventory 26292
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38348
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49951
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7674
84 Efficient Frontier 25602
85 Engineer-to-Order 31867
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16657
87 Erlang B Formula 9411
88 ETD 8388
89 Ex Works 7881
90 Exception Rate 13580
91 Exponential smoothing 9881
92 External Growth 10156
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9581
94 Field Services 7788
95 Field Warehouse 10717
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8869
97 Fishbone Diagram 14684
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27192
99 Flow Through Distribution 12388
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8248
101 FOB Destination 13130
102 Forward buying 30311
103 Freight Charge 10475
104 Freight Consolidation 7587
105 Gantt Chart 8340
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11812
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29679
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12763
109 Hub 23542
110 Idle Time 8130
 
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